Ex Arborists for 100 ("Who is Chris Aubry?")

One of the most recognizable milestones of man's evolutionary "progress" was his descent from the trees thus mandating an upright posture and his consequent bipedalism. So too do I mimic this progression.

Having left the hallowed halls of Rutgers in 1987 with a BA in English in hand, I ventured out into the sweet sweet urban forest of central New Jersey where I plied my craft of tree surgery suspended 40 feet aloft by a 1/2" rope, my trusty chainsaw slapping against my leg. Aahh, freedom, swinging high in the saddle, reciting Ted Hughes, earning my living by the sweat of my brow -- a Billy Budd for the nineties.

In '93 I moved to DC to be with my Ana, and began plying my craft on the campus of UMCP. 'Twas here that evolution struck me by default, with two herniated discs. Thus, my descent from the trees begins MY evolutionary history, as I shed my arboreal hunch and begin walking square shouldered toward the millenium. Thankfully, my BA provided credentials sufficient to seque into the Office of Human Resources Management, where I now am daily bathed by the flourescents, performing a host of fascinating administrative tasks.

Bipedal Goals

Loving books, having always considered the library the temple, and with sufficient time and resolve at my disposal, I decided to begin my program here at CLIS in September of 1997. I now sit upon six credits, representing 16.6% of a MLS degree. (If all goes as I hope, I shall be 1/3 a librarian by 18 May.) As Mick once sang: "Don't you know I'm a 2,000 man?" As in May of '00. I shall eventually work in a public library, but will attempt to gather here the tools that will allow some flexibility.

Well, enough about me. Would you like to